Apparatus or device for piercing sausages and the like.



O. H. WHITLOOK.

APPARATUS 0R DEVICE FOR PIERGING SAUSAGES AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED MAB. 9. 1910,

Patented Sept. 6, 1910.

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CHARLES HART WHI'ILOCK, or CHATHAM, ENGLAND.

APPARATUS OR DEVICE FOR PIERCI'NG SAUSAGES AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 6, 1910.

Application filed March 9, 1910. Serial No. 548,217.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES HART WHIT- LOCK, of Chief Petty OfiicersMess Room, Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham, England, have invented anApparatus or Device for Piercing Sausages and the Like; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart hereof.

This invention relates to an apparatus or device to be used for piercingsausages and the like, and will be found of especial advantage in cookshops, messes, restaurants, private houses, and other places wherenumbers are catered for.

The device is for use in lieu of a fork as now generally employed tostab the sausage or the like, and a considerable saving of time iseffected therewith as the whole operation can be performed at once andwithout risk of injury to the fingers or hand and if desired beforeleaving the retailers shop.

In accordance with this invention the device consists of a frame formedwith a pair of jaws hinged at one end so as to be capable of beingopened at the other end to permit of the insertion of the sausage to bepierced between them. The outer ends of the jaws upon their inner ormeeting surfaces are provided with plates carrying a number of pinswhich when the sausages are placed in position and the jaws of thedevice are pressed together puncture the sausages. These latter areinserted into a holder situated between the jaws and suitably piercedwith a number of holes corresponding with the pins on the jaw plates, toallow of such pins passing through into the sausage, the pins if desiredtaking the form of letters thus branding the sausages. And in order thatmy invention may be fully understood I will describe the same withreference to the accompanying drawing which is a side elevational viewof the device adapted for clamping to a kitchen table, bench or counter.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device embodying one form of myinvention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof.

a is the frame of the device which is furnished with a clamp by which itis affixed to a table bench or counter, b is an arm rojecting therefromprovided at its end with an aperture 0 serving as a holder for thesausages. This holder 0 is shown in section,

and has its walls pierced with holes 0? to permit of the passagetherethrough of the sausage piercing pins 6. These latter are carriedupon the plates f ailixed to the outer ends of the arms 9 which arehinged or pivoted at their outer ends as at 71. to the frame a.

i, '5, are rubber or other buffers or stops provided upon the arm I) atthe rear of aperture 0 against which the piercer arms 9 are pressed whenclosed in upon the sausage during the puncturing operation. If necessarysprings such as shown at 73 (or any other suitable form of spring may beused) are provided to act against the tail ends Z of the pivoted arms 9to automatically open the jaws after use.

In operation, the sausages or the like are inserted into the open end ofthe holder and the arms 9 are pressed together. A handle is fitted tothe end of the upper arm g, the pins 6 pass through the holes (Z in thetube 0 and pierce the sausages. The sausages are inserted singly and anumber of sausages may be very quickly, and thoroughly pierced in muchless time and with much less labor than by the ordinary method ofstabbing them with a fork.

The above described apparatus is of a construction particularly adaptingit for use by retail butchers also in cook shops and the like placesWhere a great number of sausages are constantly being sold or cooked.

Vhat I claim as my invention and desire to receive by Letters Patent isl. The apparatus or device for piercing sausages and the like,consisting of a framing provided with a pair of spring arms hinged orpivoted thereto and furnished with plates at their open ends fitted withpins for piercing the sausage or the like, in combination with asuitably drilled holder for the sausage or the like fitted to theframing aforesaid; substantially as hereinbefore described and shown.

2. An apparatus for piercing sausage and the like, comprising incombination, a frame provided with means for attachment to a support, aperforated holder having one end closed and the other open for receivingthe sausage, and perforating means arranged to enter the holder throughits perforation to pierce the sausage.

8. An apparatus for piercing sausage and the like, comprising incombination, a frame, a holder or receiver mounted on said frame forreceiving the sausage and provided with small perforations, andpivotally mounted perforating means arranged on said frame to enter theperforations of said holder or receiver to pierce the sausage.

4. An apparatus for piercing sausage and the like, comprising incombination, a receiver for the sausage provided with openings andpivotally mounted devices arranged to enter the openings in saidreceiver for piercing the sausage, said devices being connected witheach other whereby actuation of one of said devices serves to operatethe other thereof.

5. An apparatus for piercing sausage or 15 the like comprising incombinatiom a frame, a receiver on the frame closed at one end and openat its other end and having perforations in its wall, and perforatingdevicesx mounted on said frame and arranged for 26 movement into saidreceiver through said perforations to perforate the sausage.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES HART \VHITLOGK. \Vitnesses JAMES ALFRED DUDLEY, VILLIAM WALKERLUGLIS WViLsoN.

